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ODERICU SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11.1981
The election in Ontario was called only a few days after Bill
Davis made his announcement about building Ontario in the
19O The Board of Industrial Leadership and Development
was purely, simply, an election ploy.
As an oldlime journalist, I see nothing wrong with the
government making these announcements and then using the
The whole plan sounds great.
Consider; Electrification of the GO rail transit system;
increased municipal transit systems subsidies; $30 million
for the Urban Transportation Development Corporation;
continued support of the $90 million Intermediate Capacity
Transit System in Hamilton and more help for Toronto's
waterfront; continued support of a STOL port:for Toronto;
mining immntives;: an auto parts technology centre;a micro-
electronics
icro
eo Kelopment centre; and.. a ado million
technological company in Toronto. •
The list goes on for eight or 10 pages.
And this, time, even the farmers are not forgotten.
Ontario is prepared to co -invest in new enterprises to
stimulate growth in the processing of canned peaches,
tomato paste and specialty meat products.
The Toronto stockyards will have a long-range plan and the
direction will be mapped out by farmers, packing companies
and other interested groups.
Food products that are perishable are not forgotten and
storage facilities are needed. Special incentives will be given
to,growers — individual farmers — co-operatives and small
processors to aid in this program.
Selective drainage and farmstead improvements will get
government aid.
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.siderable govenunent help.
material as bait for electors.
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Whet, areas are likely to be included too, so that the
' agricultural sector will not be forgotten.
But the point of this -epistle is this: Farmers -m this country
need never be ashamed of subsidies in any area of produc-
tion. If you go down the list, yqu will find that urban areas
will get the greatest amount of money, hundreds of millions
of dollars during the next five years, if the big blue machine
gets the oil from the electors for another term in office.
I maintain there is a blatantly urban bias in the whole
program. This, too, is understandable because governments
are of necessity people -oriented and most of the people in this
province live in or near the cities and the big towns.
Government programs favor the cities and discriminate
against rural citizens.
Farmers pay 100 per cent of their sewer and water systems
but subsidies to urban systems are gene, ;errs.. Farmers- are
still "paying. 30 per cent More for ,hydro than their city
counterparts. Farmers get little or no use from subsidized
housing, day care grants and many mortgage assistance
programs. Farmers have for many years been excluded
from unemployment . insurance, the big -city wealth
redistribution program.
As brreviously mentioned, huge subsidies will he granted
urban transit systems.
And because all this money for BILD has to come right
from the taxpayer, the farmer is paying those taxes right
along with his city brothers yet the farmer gets nothing from
most of these programs.
I am not suggesting the ideas in BILD are not sound. They
are. But because the people actively engaged in agriculture
make up only about five per cent of the population, they are
getting the dirty end of the stick.
_ligan; fanners. araleftea :t_here l d-beitik"Fntt i-Stickiino.
the hind teat.
Robert McNeil of Coderich was honoured at United Breeders' anneal meeting as a new
member of the " Stariite 200 Club". The award goes to owners of daughters of the bull
'Roybroak Starlite that produce over ,200 percent of the established average for their age
group.Robert had three cows that qualified. His highest producer was Heather Holme
Starlet Dell and she produced 225 percentof Breed Class Average.
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production purposes at high
interest rates last year can
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assistance.
Certification and ap-
plication forms and in-
formation leaflets are
available from local offices
of the ministry. Completed
applications should be
forwarded by March 31,1981
to the Rural Development
Branch, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food,
Legnsiatii a -13uildings,
Queen's Park, Toronto, M7A
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Researchers et grant to study
wastes to be used as ethanol
-One of the solutions to
Canada's fuel needs of
tomorrow may be found in
the agricultural fields of
today.
A. research -team -in--the
Faculty of Engineering
Sciences at The University of
Western Ontario is
evaluating various
agricultural ., products and
wastes that might be used in
the production of fuel ethanol
for use in gasohol.
Professor Naim Kosaric,
principal investigator of the
research team, said the
group is evaluating the
potential o4 prodiu,.U- and
wastes which are high in
carbohydrates or sugars.
The researchers will also
investigate various "un-
conventonal yeasts and
bacteria" for the production
of fuel alcohol through
fermentation.
Professor Kosaric has
been awarded a $58,025 grant
by Agriculture Canada to
determine the best raw
materials and fermentation
systems to achieve the
highest alcohol yields for the
production... of ethanol. The
research " team . will also
design a process for ethanol
production and outline the
cost of bunlding a 100,000 -
gallon -per -year production
facility.
Ethanol can be used in the
family car without vehicle
modification when it is
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materials used, but some
sources can produce ethanol
for less than $1 a gallon.
With some modifications,
automobiles can run on 100
Tier cent ethanol, Professor
Kosaric said:
Other members of the
UWO team are research
associate Dr. Zdravko
Duvnjak and research
assistant Shelley Kliza.
Agricultural sources to be
investigated include sugar
beets, Jerusalem
Articlhakes, potatoes and
other root crops, corn and
agc-ieu turra1 mater's such
as cheese whey, or industrial
by-products including pulp
and paper wastes.
Professor Kosaric says
the team will be selecting
and developing microbial
systems not used in-
dustrially in alcohol
production. The researchers
will be using various "un-
conventional" contaminant
yeasts and bacteria found in
alcohol fermentation which
can produce higher yields
but diminish the taste of the
prildvct..
"They'make alcohol which
is lousy to drink, but good to
burn" Professor Kosaric
says.
Another possible use of
ethanol is in the creation of-
"alcochemical" industries.._
"Alcohol can replace
petroleum as a raw material
for production of ethylene
and other chemicals that are
used`for making plastics and
other petrochemical
products," the Professor
says, adding that the process
of making `polyethylene was
first develop' l from fer-
mentetionalco eol. ,
"We can also [Hake
ethanol from renewable
resources, while gasoline is
derived from depletable
natural resource."
Development of a gasohol
or fuel ethanol industry in
Canada could prove to be a
"financial benefit" for
agriculture psodccee s,
Professor Kosaric states.
"If industrial or
agricultural wastes which
normally affect the en-
vironment prove to be a
.source of ethanol, then woo their
- reecycl_ . .ed,. use in - -
would
help to benefit the en-
virontnent."
Ethanol is a cleaner
burning and more efficient
fuel than gasoline which
would produce less air
pollution, Professor- Kosaric . .
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